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Eyes on the Prize (1985-11-06)
About this film
Interview with John Lewis conducted in 1985 for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the the voting rights movement in Selma, Alabama, "Freedom Day", his friendship with Martin Luther King, Jr., the relationship between SCLC and SNCC, his view on the philosophy of nonviolence, and his involvement in the March on Washington. Lewis discusses the first meetings between civil rights leaders and President John F. Kennedy, in which A. Philip Randolph announced they planned a nonviolent march on Washington. Lewis goes on to describe ensuing meetings within the community that would bring the march to reality on August 28, 1963.
Directors & creators
Blackside, Inc.
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, John Lewis, Civil Rights Movement, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Nonviolence, Nashville sit-ins, Selma, Alabama, Voting rights, Freedom Day (Selma), Jim Clark, March on Washington, Literacy tests, African American history, Social justice, 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, James Baldwin, Howard Zinn, Protest movements, Dallas County Courthouse, One man, one vote, Desegregation, Eyes on the Prize, Activism, Race relations, United States history, Nonviolent resistance
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